Iwo Jima flag raising: The story behind the iconic photo

Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.

Two giant pandas are being sent to San Diego Zoo from China

China is planning to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo this year, quelling fears after nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos were sent home as bilateral relations began to sour.

Biden meets with Alexei Navalny's family in San Francisco

During his California visit, President Joe Biden on Thursday met in San Francisco with Alexei Navalny's widow and daughter to express his condolences to them, less than a week after the Russian opposition leader was found dead in prison. 

School bus-sized satellite fell to Earth somewhere over North Pacific Ocean

The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite captured data on Earth's land, oceans and polar caps, including monitoring natural disasters.

American ballerina with dual citizenship arrested in Russia for treason

The woman, a ballerina who lives in Los Angeles, is facing 20 years in prison in Russia for donating about $50 to a charity that benefits Ukraine.

FBI informant who lied about Bidens’ ties to Ukrainian energy company had high-level Russian contacts: DOJ

Authorities say the former FBI informant admitted last week that "officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story" about the president’s son, Hunter Biden.

Ewen MacIntosh, Ricky Gervais’ ‘The Office’ actor, dies at 50

Ricky Gervais’ “The Office” star Ewen MacIntosh has died. Gervais paid tribute to the late actor, calling him “very funny and very lovely” and “an absolute original.”

Arrests made: International theft ring targets high-end homes in the Phoenix area

An international theft ring has been targeting high-end homes around the Phoenix area and three people have just been arrested. The group has been accused of stealing $3 million in money jewelry and other items in total.

Who is Julian Assange and what did he publish?

The WikiLeaks founder has spent years fighting extradition to the U.S. to face spying charges after his website leaked classified documents in 2010.

US again vetoes UN resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza

An Arab-backed United Nations resolution, demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, was vetoed by the United States on Tuesday.

Largest-ever COVID vaccine study links shot to small increase in heart, brain conditions

"The odds of all of these adverse events are still much, much higher when infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), so getting vaccinated is still by far the safer choice," one doctor noted.